Last Sunday in April: Spring Ephemerals

  

Black cherry on creekside bank at woods' edge....

What will be found deeper in the woods today?

Season's first trout lily (a.k.a. dogtooth violet)

Dutchman's breeches (photo from previous post)

From this morning

Beautiful, shy bellwort

And there will be more.

Is this what you were waiting for?

Come closer.

This one excited me: Hepatica!

P.S. (I am a slow thinker.) If you have a favorite among today's photos, tell me in a comment below which one it is and why it's your #1. Thanks. 😊 

Can You See the Flowers for the Greens?

At first, when you look into the woods,

all you see is the green of wild leeks,

but down among the green are the mottled leaves

and graceful flowers of troutlily, 

also called dogtooth violet.

Spring beauties hide amid the leeks and troutlilies, too.

Then there are the mysterious beech buds unfurling --

From Cool of Morning to Afternoon Warmth

Do you feel a little droopy in the cool morning air? My favorite spring wildflower, trout lily, huddles against the cold. 

It's a different story by late in the afternoon, after sunshine has penetrated the bare-branched woods all day. They look so much happier now, don't they?